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Originally Posted by ZonieDiver
I still doubt, in the aggregate, that police SWAT (admittedly lots of problems with the plethora of "SWAT" around the country) are targeting 'recreational drug users' more than 'armed gangs'.
YMMV
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'targeting more than dealers/growers' is a stretch, I admit. It is closer to the truth that they rush in with limited information and do not verify intel before sending in the raid team. There is an extraordinary lack of due diligence before the raid and demonstrated lack of training in that they shoot too often without good target ID....
I don't think so. While mistakes have always been made, the number of incidents like the above are on the rise as the police practice direct action raids more than investigations. They arrest some guy with pot on him, ask him where he got it, he gives up some guy he knows, and cops send in the SWAT team....hopefully they get the right house.....